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how to reduce file size which is too big for only have polylines and lines

edenbU7RGS — Mon, 13 May 2024 06:58:01 GMT

I've big dwg file (38mb) without any xrefs and logic reason to have big size.

I've attached the file here so you can try find out what makes this file so big.

of course I've googled it and try few solution without any success.. purge, audit, killall etc...

cadffm — Mon, 13 May 2024 07:40:14 GMT

POLYLINE (old type) 437919

is massive! The "Text" are a lot of single polylines..

Open your file and run

convert polylines => ~15mb

use JOIN per Layer each => ~

edenbU7RGS — Mon, 13 May 2024 08:39:52 GMT

i did it - convert polyline (ctrl+a)

and then join (ctrl+a)

but the file size still massive!

cadffm — Mon, 13 May 2024 10:14:15 GMT

I used convert and saved as dwg2018,

= 15mb

I don't know why you get.

Try this step only with your original file and check the file size.

But the main problem is still the count of data/objects

parkr4st — Mon, 13 May 2024 12:40:02 GMT

two files attached

1 has all but txt 01 layer 9923 kb

2 is txt 01 layer 8341 kb This layer is the killer on file size apparently

can you xref txt01 to the other?

Done with Map3d BTW

edenbU7RGS — Mon, 13 May 2024 14:26:24 GMT

you right, the text that exploded to 2d polyline makes the file so massive. i didnt know that.

i've exploded it because i link it to my revit model and i need the text to be readable (which is not happen with this type of language)

i changed the font to something else with less lines and exploded it again and now the file size is 5MB.

thanks a lot